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European Wii owners can download the new Nintendo Channel for free from the Wii Shop Channel today. Basically Nintendo Channel allows you to keep up to date on the latest information for upcoming games as well as present and past games on all Nintendo platforms.

Nintendo Channel allows gamers to watch trailers and game play videos of recent and upcoming games, search for games, download game demos to your Nintendo DS and recommend games you have played.

You will be able to keep up to date on the latest Wii and Nintendo DS games by searching for a game by release date, platform, publisher, genre or keywords. The DS Download Play allows you to download game demos and videos straight to your Nintendo DS. Simply select ‘DS Download Play’ on the DS and the game demo will download, enabling you to play it until you turn your DS off.

If you consider yourself a well rounded gamer, why not share the gaming love? Once you have played a Wii game for more than an hour you will be able to rate it, enabling other gamers to check out everyone’s recommendations on graphs published regularly. The recommendations will take gender and age into account, as well as whether it is recommended as a single player or multiplayer experience.

For more information on Nintendo Channel, head over to Nintendo.com.

Nintendo launched its downloadable game service WiiWare across North America this past Monday. Nintendo today revealed the launch line-up for Europe. WiiWare is scheduled to launch across Europe on the 20th of May.

WiiWare enables developers to create downloadable games which Wii owners can purchase from the Wii Shop Channel. With developers no longer constrained by budgets, gamers can look forward to playing smaller, creative titles as well as fresh and original games which may otherwise have not seen the light of day. Developers will have the opportunity to make use of the Wii Remote, Nunchuk as well as the new Wii Balance Board and Wii Wheel.

Opening a creative door

“We are excited by the positive response we have received from third party developers to the announcement of WiiWare,” commented Laurent Fischer, Managing Director of Marketing & PR of Nintendo of Europe.

“We hope that this opportunity and the inspiration to produce original and exciting games will allow developers of all sizes to bring new concepts, genres and game play experiences to Wii. Opening this creative door will also provide Wii users access to a huge choice of games that they can easily download and enjoy.”

Wii owners will be able to download WiiWare games directly on to their Wii from the Wii Shop Channel from 500 Wii Points. According to the press release “a vast array of exciting and creative new projects are already in the pipeline.”

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The new Nintendo Channel became available for North American Wii owners to download yesterday.

The Nintendo Channel is an “interactive guide to what’s new in the world of Nintendo.” After downloading the new channel from the Wii Shop Channel, which is free by the way, you will be able to watch trailers,mini-documentaries, product demonstrations as well as game play videos and tv commercials. Users will also be able to get information on both Wii and Nintendo DS games and even order games via the Internet Channel.

There are currently quite a few info videos available including Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Endless Ocean, Prof. Layton and the list goes on! You can also look out for info videos on classic DS titles such as New Super Mario Bros., Nintendogs and Mario Party DS.

Make sure you take a closer look at trailers for upcoming games including We Ski and Boom Blox as well as Rock Band and Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2.

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